The Syntax and Placement of Wolof Clitics

I propose that nominal and verbal clitics be positioned relative to both the CP and TP layers of clause structure, and that there are two independent types of clitics in Wolof (XP and X0). Both clitic types are ordered due to a property of T0, and are further positioned due to requirements of the C-domain. This analysis of nominal and verbal clitics also addresses issues such as the status of sentence-initial lexical subjects as topics, differences between syntactic topics and foci in Wolof, and how clitics are positioned in non-finite clauses.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Linguistics

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2015

Author dc:creator

• Russell, Margaret A.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Benmamoun, Elabbas

• Language, Linguistics

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(MiAaPQ)AAI3242978

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/82637